Quote: "Wiltshire Police said it received three calls from people between 06:24 GMT and 06:38 GMT saying they did not know where the noise had come from. The force said it was not attending any explosion-related incidents."

Quote: "No fewer than 500 shops have been razed in another midnight fire at the Berlin Market, Marina on the Lagos Island on Friday. Property estimated at millions of Naira were lost in this latest incident, which is coming barely 24 hours after two men lost their lives and many rendered homeless in a similar fashion in the Ijora Bardia and Iwaya, Yaba areas of Lagos State on Thursday."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. Sounds like it's been pretty much nonstop fiery destruction going on in this area in the last week...

Quote: "A leisure boat with 19 people on board caught fire yesterday returning from the Amirante Islands, a group of coral islands more than 200 km south-west of Mahe, the main island of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean located. 'The owner of the boat informed us that the fire started on one of his ships and the passengers and crew were forced to abandon ship,' the director of the Seychelles Maritime Safety Authority, Richard Ernesta, told SNA."

Quote: "Owner Malcolm Smart first noticed something was wrong at 9.10am while he was talking to a customer on the phone. 'I heard a pop,' said Mr Smart, who runs the business with his son. 'I saw lots of smoke billowing out and within a matter of seconds the whole lorry was in flames and it was all panic, you know.'"

Quote: "Firefighters learned the homeowner was out of town and nobody was inside the RV, and they used fire suppression foam to quickly knock down the fire, Sherrer said. Firefighters were on scene for about an hour-and-a-half putting out hot spots, but the vehicle was a total loss."

Quote: "A home caught on fire at the Victorian Lakes Mobile Home Park in Lexington Friday. Kellie Ritchie lives in the mobile home park and said she heard the fire started in a van and spread to a nearby trailer."

Quote: "A car fire quickly turned into a structure fire last night at 2470 Old Erie Pike in Boggs Township. Firefighters were initially dispatched for a vehicle fire and Jeff Harris, department chief, Philipsburg Fire Dept., said he arrived on scene quickly and noticed the car was fully engulfed in flames. He said it was about three feet from the garage, which quickly caught on fire."

Quote: "A bystander pulled a man trapped in a burning car in Mooresville. Investigators are still looking into what caused the fire that happened around 4:30 Friday in the 500 block of River Highway. Crews began treating the man as soon as they arrived, while firefighters extinguished the flames. The victim was flown to Baptist Burn Center with life-threatening injuries."

Quote: "Ms. Russell was following a car on I-190 north during evening rush hour when she noticed flames coming from underneath the vehicle and realized the driver had no idea the sedan was on fire. 'I pulled up next to her and she was kind of looking at me. I was screaming and waving for her to pull over,' Ms. Russell, 48, said. 'I think she thought I was nuts.' But eventually the driver, a woman named Angelica, pulled to the side and Ms. Russell ran from her own vehicle warning her to get out and away from the burning car."

Quote: "The series of blasts occurred at 2.30 a.m., according to police while sources indicated that no traces were found of explosives or of gas canister bombs, which are often used in similar attacks."

Quote: "A massive fire broke out at a 42-storeyed building which was under construction at the Omkar Alta Monte complex, Malad (East) here on Friday night. The fire started around 11 p.m. According to reports, it broke out on the 37th floor and later spread to the 42nd floor. Fire tenders and officials were rushed to the spot. However, they did not have facilities to reach the 37th floor."

Quote: "Investigators are trying to determine what caused another fire at a Christmas tree recycling lot in Mission Bay Friday night. The fire was reported just before 8:00 p.m. at the lot in the 1100 block of Sea World Drive. Firefighters had the fire out in a short time. No one was injured and no structures were burned. Investigators say this is the second fire at the lot since last Sunday."

Quote: "Earlier clouds of smoke could be seen billowing across the harbour area and there were reports of loud bangs from inside the building. One eyewitness described it as looking like a 'volcano' erupting."

Quote: "Firefighters spent the day making safe an 80ft houseboat after it caught fire in Hoo this morning. Crews were called to the Dutch barge, believed to weigh about 20 tonnes, at Port Werburgh Residential Marina in Vicarage Lane at 3.15am."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. This is the 57th boat to burn in 2015...

Quote: "Several passengers escaped unhurt after the bus in which they were travelling caught fire at Kafu along the Kampala-Gulu highway. It is unclear how the fire started but the passengers scrambled to safety before the fire turned the bus into a burned-out shell."

Note: Kafu probably refers to the River Kafu since A) there is a River Kafu in Uganda, and B) there is no city named Kafu in Uganda. This is the 41st bus to burn in 2015...

Quote: "A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter was seen hovering over the site during the firefighting efforts. It took firefighters approximately 45 minutes to completely extinguish the blaze that could be seen for miles. The heat and flames totally destroyed the 2004 Ford tanker truck and additionally damaged an adjacent light pole, along with an exposed transformer and a 13,000-volt electrical substation, according to Rogers."

Quote: "Photo taken on Jan. 17, 2015 shows a burning liquefied gas station which exploded after a tank truck caught fire in the Jinzhou District in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The explosion caused 4 injures who were sent to hospital for treatments."

Quote: "A fire in a truck being transported through the Channel Tunnel triggered an alarm which led to suspension of all passenger and freight rail services between Britain and France on Saturday, police said. No injuries were reported. Kent Police said the fire was at the French end of the tunnel."

Quote: "Since the Channel Tunnel opened in May 1994, there have been three fires that have caused the tunnel to close, all of which were on heavy goods vehicle (HGV) shuttles."

Note: So this truck wasn't even being driven, it was on a rail car, so just like all the cars that have burst into flame on car-hauler trucks, except this time it was a truck on a car-hauler train. A woman was just killed and dozens more people were injured, and one man had a seizure, when the subway filled with smoke in coastal Washington DC, mentioned in the 2015-01-12 update. We'll be seeing more tunnel and subway fires. These are the 91st, 92nd, 93rd, 94th, 95th and 96th tractors/tankers/semis to burn in 2015...

Quote: "Four railway workers were 'very lucky' to escape without injury after their truck caught fire inside a tunnel near Wellington this afternoon. The maintenance workers called emergency services after the truck burst into flames inside the tunnel above Ngauranga Gorge around 2.45pm."

Note: Best pics on the Facebook link. The quote is from someone posting a comment there. People only tend to see what's going on in their own area, so that person hasn't noticed that there've been a lot of vehicle fires everywhere lately...

Quote: "A non-injury car fire in an underground parking garage sent smoke into a senior-living high-rise apartment building, prompting the evacuation of dozens of people while firefighters cleared the air."

Quote: "It happened around 3:30 a.m. Saturday in the 7000 block of E. Magill, where fire crews responded to a report of a car fire. Lt. Troy Thissen stated that upon arrival, firefighters found the car on fire. As they went to open the passenger compartment, firefighters found a man inside the vehicle."

Quote: "Firefighters were called to A-1 Auto located at 1249 Wapakoneta Avenue around 3 a.m. Saturday. When crews arrived, they found a vehicle on fire in the back service bay and began extinguishing the flames."

Quote: "Lexington Fire Department spokesman Joe Best said on Monday that the investigators found old gas that had leaked from heavy equipment and pooled beside the drain and some leaves. The leaves and vapor ignited and caused the explosion, Best said."

Note: So this was that spontaneously exploding and burning kind of gas? Where do they sell that anyway?

Quote: "Two boats were destroyed by fire early Sunday morning near Annapolis. County Fire Department spokesman Capt. Russ Davies said firefighters responded to Whitehall Marina on the Broadneck peninsula at 2:15 a.m. and found two boats engulfed in flames."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. These are the 58th, 59th, 60th and 61st boats to burn in 2015...

Quote: "Heather Redfern of SEPTA told Action News, a SEPTA police golf cart caught fire at the concourse at 15th Street. 'Transit Police concourse cart unattended when it caught fire. Vehicle was used to transport people w/limited mobility. No one was injured,' Thomas J. Nestel III, Chief of SEPTA Transit Police, tweeted. Because of smoke, SEPTA suspended all train service at the station."

Quote: "This is the 15th fire in Lansingburgh since July, Troy City Councilmember Jim Gordon said. Most of them started in vacant buildings. Gordon said most of the fires were suspicious. He is calling for the creation of a specialized arson task force to deal with the problem."

Quote: "Two houseboats and a smaller boat were destroyed in a raging fire at a marina on Long Island overnight Monday. The Port Washington fire department responded to a call of a boat fire in the Haven Marina on Manhasset Bay in Port Washington just after 2 a.m."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. Four more boats went up in flames in two different incidents the day prior too, mentioned in the 2015-01-18 update, so that's eight boats destroyed in two days. These are the 62nd, 63rd, 64th and 65th boats to burn in 2015...

Quote: "Investigators say there’s too much damage to know, for sure, what caused the explosion but, they say, propane tanks stored in couple’s garage are likely to blame."

Note: So they're just guessing, and they're ignorant of the atmospheric problem, so their guesses are at best of questionable quality. What were the hydrogen sulfide levels and methane levels in the ground and in the air at the time this home exploded? Oh, nobody checked, so they definitely can't rule either out as being the cause of this home being destroyed...

Quote: "A $9 million mansion in Anne Arundel County was destroyed by a 4-alarm early Monday morning and authorities feared as many as six people could have died in the blaze."

Quote: "'We heard two thuds and this shot of flame went shooting high in the sky, and we thought, Oh my God, what’s that?' neighbor Azalea Leckszas said."

Note: Thuds sounds like they might have been explosions that kickstarted this fire. Here's a Google Maps link of the area. Two boats were just destroyed by fire at 2:15 AM while docked at a marina near Annapolis, mentioned in the 2015-01-18 update...

Quote: "Crews blocked off the area while the fire was put out and the 2007 Peterbilt semi-tractor that was owned by KC Logistics, LLC from Menlo was a total loss. Duff notes that the fire was contained to the semi-tractor and the flatbed trailer was empty and didn’t sustain any damage."

Quote: "At about 5 p.m., a bucket truck in the 18000 block of Beeline Highway caught fire, trapping a worker who was in the bucket raised approximately 70 feet in the air, said Capt. Albert Borroto, spokesman for Fire Rescue."

Note: Bad timer? Maybe. But why didn't he leave if it got too hot? Did he have a 'medical event' and lose consciousness? What were the methane and hydrogen sulfide levels in the water itself? Oh, nobody checked, even after numerous places have found their tapwater to be flammable due to methane contamination. Maybe the water itself ignited and fried this man. Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

Quote: "Eighteen people were injured in a fire at a high-rise building in the Bronx, fire officials said. Firefighters were still battling some flames on Washington Avenue almost two hours after it began early Tuesday morning in Claremont."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. This is the 66th boat to burn in 2015. And here are some of the more notable fires for this day: more people burning to death and more stuff exploding and/or burning near coasts...

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. A boiler just exploded and injured 2 people at a building 3 blocks from the White House in Washington DC, mentioned in the 2015-01-18 update. A woman was just killed and dozens more people were injured, and one man had a seizure, when the subwayfilled with smoke and caused a mass-casualty incident in Washington DC, mentioned in the 2015-01-12 update...

Quote: "On board were Central High School basketball players and coaching staff, who were on their way to Whitehaven High School for a game. The bus driver smelled something and then saw something strange in the mirror, and made everyone get off the bus before trying to control the fire with a fire extinguisher. A WREG producer drove by the bus shortly after it caught fire and said she could feel the heat as she passed."

Note: This is the 12th school bus to burn in 2015 and the 44th bus to burn in 2015. Also see the parked cars that burst into flame at a towing company in Memphis on this day...

Quote: "The blaze was reported at 2:24 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, along the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 east of Hayfield Road near the community of Chiriaco Summit. The car-hauler was being towed by a big-rig, fire officials said in a written statement. 'The fire was contained to the vehicle hauler and seven vehicles it was carrying,' according to the statement."

Quote: "The PSNI is investigating what police have described as a 'report of a suspected case of arson' beside the former Quinn Group operations near Derrylin, Co Fermanagh. Locally, however it is believed the fire happened due to an 'electrical fault'."

Quote: "...all indications are that it was an electrical fault that caused the fire; and the fire officers on the scene favour that notion."

Note: They're sure working overtime to blame more of those invisible uncatchable arsonists these days...

Quote: "More than 1,000 tons of potatoes were destroyed in a barn fire in Carlton Husthwaite, near Thirsk. The fire at a farm building also destroyed several trailers, a tractor, transit van and other industrial equipment."

Note: These are the 101st, 102nd, 103rd, 104th, 105th, 106th, 107th and 108th tractors/tankers/semis to burn in 2015...

Quote: "Battalion Chief Sammy Flowers of the fire department said heavy smoke and flames were visible as firefighters arrived to find the golf cart fully involved in fire and four other vehicles becoming involved in fire on the first level of the parking deck adjacent to Savannah Court."

Quote: "The fire started in the garage, which burned almost to the ground, Newton said. A car and motorcycle inside were also destroyed. With the damage to the porch and back of the house, he estimated damage could reach $40,000 to $50,000."

Quote: "Neighbors who live near Valentine Hill Road in Bellefonte said they heard something loud around 6:00 Tuesday night and came running outside. 'I heard a pop, pop, pop that sounded like a gun or something, so I got up and I looked and I saw a little bit of a flame. And when I got further I saw that the whole area was in flames,' said Lisa Neidigh."

Quote: "The fire was reported at a garage in the 2000 block of Belair Road, not far from the Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, around 5:15 a.m. Tuesday. It was put out by 7 a.m. Fire Capt. Roman Clark said a firefighter suffered minor injuries that included cuts to his head. He said eight to 10 vehicles were inside the garage at the time."

Quote: "Around 2:00am this morning, Veronica Allen woke up to what sounded like a loud pop on her front porch at her home on Grove Lane. Her husband, Dave, went to investigate and found heavy fire coming from the front of the house."

Quote: "The home was recently given to the family by Veronica's ailing father. They say it was not yet insured and have lost everything."

Note: Popping sound again. That's a gas plume finding an ignition source and igniting in a small explosion, which can ignite anything flammable around. Ignition source can be electrified copper, like a porch light or doorbell wiring, or any rusty iron or steel, like old nails, pipes, barbecue grills, hinges, brackets, etc, or any type of heat source, like a heat lamp or space heater, or fire of any kind. These pops and popping sounds have been heard right as many fires have erupted in the last 2 or 3 years. If you hear a sound like that at your home, you might want to have a look around and see if a fire just ignited. The wee hours are when the atmosphere cools and contracts, which will push any methane and/or hydrogen sulfide in the air above closer to the ground, making fires, explosions and animals and people sickening or dying more common during those hours...

Quote: "Three people safely escaped their Parkland home early Wednesday after an explosion rocked their house and started a fire, according to Central Pierce Fire. The blaze was reported about 4:45 a.m. near 104th Street South and Barns Lane."

Quote: "Fire crews battled a 5 alarm blaze Wednesday night at an apartment complex in Edgewater, New Jersey. Smoke and flames reaching 1,500 feet into the sky could be seen across the Hudson River in New York City."

Quote: "A local state of emergency has been declared after a massive fire engulfed an apartment complex in Edgewater. Mayor Michael McPartland says local schools will be closed on Thursday and access to roads will be restricted due to the huge fire at The Avalon at Edgewater, a four-story apartment building."

Quote: "Glass panes and wooden and steel shelves in houses and offices vibrated in the impact of the deafening noise in Vedeasandur. It was felt in Vedasandur police station also and even in far away Dindigul Collectorate. Similar but less intensive explosion was heard three months ago, people said. But this time it was unbearable, they added. Meanwhile, revenue and police officials in Vedasandur inspected Kalvar hills and nearby areas but found nothing."

Quote: "A semi-submersible saturation diving support vessel belonging to Cal Dive International found itself adrift in the waters off the Louisiana coast on Sunday night following a fire in its engine room. In a statement to gCaptain, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed that the MV Uncle John suffered a fire in its #2 engine room, causing the vessel drift approximately 20 miles off the coast of Venice, Louisiana and 14 miles from an 'obstruction'."

Quote: "Notorious has had an illustrious history. The boat's previous owners include former President Gerald Ford and an alleged Chicago mob boss. Photos from one of the boat's other famous users - actor Charlton Heston - were also on board. Heston reportedly lived on the boat while filming 'Planet of the Apes.'"

Quote: "Kalamazoo Public Safety was called to the scene at about 7:30 a.m. and knocked down the flames within a few minutes. The fire began in the back of the bus, but police are unsure exactly what caused the blaze."

Quote: "It started at 2:45 a.m. at 6400 Wilcab Road. The Austin Fire Department Tweeted that a mobile home, as well as multiple structures and cars caught fire. A business called J.D. Landscape Services has a listing at that address. The property has wood pallets, trailers and other outbuildings that firefighters had to work to protect."

Quote: "Rising flame and smoke emitting from underground mines in Ghanudih project under Bastakola Area of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) around 12 km from district headquarters triggered panic among 20,000 population in Jharia township. Eyewitnesses said, around 20 feet sheet of smoke and flame were billowing out from different seams of underground mines since Tuesday evening."

Note: More underground stuff exploding and/or burning. Such events really started escalating about 3 years ago, at the same time events involving 'rotten egg' odors began escalating around the world, and at the same time that scientists began noticing that methane was beginning to dissociate (melt) in clathrate deposits around the world. That timing was no coincidence, and everything is still escalating today, and that will continue into the future, even long after there are no more human beings left alive on the surface of this planet...

Quote: "At least one person has been killed and another severely injured in an explosion which rocked a residential building in Weihai city, Shandong Province, at around 8 am on Thursday, according to an official Sina Weibo account of Xinhua News Agency."

Quote: "Reniger said residents reportedly heard a loud boom before seeing flames. Reniger said the fire then spread through a common roof. Qualls Construction, Browns Appliance, Antique Rose, Sassy Image and another hair salon were destroyed, leaving many people without jobs. Reniger said the building is a total loss and the rest of the structure will be torn down, as it is located on a heavily traveled road."

Quote: "Eleven Obafemi Awolowo University students today escaped death when one of the University campus buses plying the school caught fire. The incident happened at the school gate and luckily no one was hurt."

Note: This is the 13th school bus to burn in 2015 and the 50th bus to burn in 2015...

Quote: "Firefighters from five companies in Pennsylvania and New Jersey battle a tractor-trailer fire Jan. 22, 2015, on Interstate 78 East in Warren County near the Delaware River toll bridge. The truck's two trailers and five of the nine new Mazda cars on board burned."

Quote: "KSAL News reports that around 3:30 a.m., the truck caught fire next to the fuel pumps at the Petro 2 Truck Stop, located at I-70 and 9th Street in Salina. The truck suffered extensive damage, as well as the fuel pump area of the business. It's currently unclear what sparked the fire."

Quote: "OPP say that around 5:45pm, an insulation truck was parked in the 14000 block of Tecumseh Road, when the occupants heard an explosion from the interior of the cargo area. Seconds later the vehicle burst into flames."

Quote: "It was a miracle that we had no injuries or deaths after the explosion of a propane tank in a parking station -close to a private tutorial school- in the village of Episkopi, Rethymno. According to information, a fire broke out shortly after 3 p.m. in a parked car and expanded to the propane tank. An explosion followed, causing serious damage in a second car."

Quote: "The skid steer was a total loss, but the fire did not spread to the rest of the building. There was no one in the building at the time and there were no reported injuries."

Note: So just another parked vehicle spontaneously igniting. All vehicles are now randomly-igniting firebombs that can go off at any time, so park a vehicle near stuff you care about at your own risk...

Quote: "Police arrived to find a car on fire inside the building. Fire crews arrived to heavy smoke showing from the building. The building is a 100×250 Commercial building that houses a printing / auto business. Interior attack was made and 2 lines streched operating on the scene. Interior reported heavy fire conditions as roof crews made cuts. Interior also reported cars on fire on top of auto lifts inside the building."

Quote: "I heard the first explosion. It sounded like a gunshot, and then the second explosion and then I came running outside and I came down here and then the third explosion blew the top of the roof, almost half the roof off..."

Note: Damn, Pennsylvania! Three cars and an auto shop were just destroyed by fire in Upper Strasburg Township (Pennsylvania) and three more cars and another auto shop were just destroyed by fire in Bellefonte (Pennsylvania), both events mentioned in the 2015-01-20 update. The auto industry is on fire in Pennsylvania - literally!

Quote: "Taranaki principal rural fire officer, Nigel Dravitzki, said the cause of the fire was still unknown.but didn't believe this morning's blaze and yesterday's one, in an empty Tegel chicken shed, were linked. 'I think they are completely isolated from one another. I don't see any connection at all,' he said."

Note: Not completely isolated from one another - they definitely share the same atmosphere. A minivan just burst into flame while parked at a home in New Plymouth too, mentioned in the 2015-01-20 update...

Quote: "A fire closed much of downtown. Now that the flames are out, crews will begin cleaning up and looking for a cause. The city fire marshal says it's too early to determine a cause because it will take a month to comb through the debris. He adds this is the largest fire he's seen in more than 20 years."

Quote: "Just after 5:00 pm Friday fire officials say this home on East Second burst into angry flames after a loud explosion. 'This event caused the house to shift off of it's foundation, that caused structure damage, heavy fire and smoke, so it leads us to believe there was some type of explosion that sparked this fire,' Xenia Fire Dept. Capt. Jason Kinley explained."

Quote: "More than 500 people were without power after an underground manhole fire Friday morning."

Note: Creeping closer to me each time. An underground electrical fire in December 2014 hit North St. Louis (Missouri), closer to the Mississippi River, blacking out 6300 homes, mentioned in the 2014-12-18 update. Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

Quote: "A boat was heavily damaged after it caught fire at a Newport Beach dock on Friday night, authorities said. The 21-foot Sea Ray boat caught fire before 8:30 p.m. while moored at Finlay Dock. The boat came loose from its mooring and began to drift into the harbor..."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. This is the 80th boat or ship to burn in 2015...

Quote: "Traffic on Lung Cheung Road came to a standstill last night when a KMB double-decker burst into flames at Wong Tai Sin. It was the second bus fire in two nights and, as in the first, no casualties were reported."

Quote: "Firefighters spent hours working to put out a fire at a junkyard in Clair-Mel Friday afternoon. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said a tractor trailer caught fire at the yard located at 8012 S. 78th Street. The cause of the fire is unknown."

Quote: "Leifso said the fire started at around 10:55 p.m. when one of his small tractors caught on fire in his implement shed. Leifso said everything in the barn was destroyed and thinks the damage is at a cost of around $400,000. 'I heard a pop and then after that the fire started,' said Leifso."

Note: These are the 124th, 125th, 126th, 127th, 128th and 129th tractors/tankers/semis to burn in 2015...

Quote: "Fire crews were called to deal with two car fires last night (Friday, January 23). Both incidents happened in Crowle. Humberside Fire and Rescue were called to the first fire on Godnow Road at about 8.30pm. And the second blaze happened at about 10pm."

Quote: "About 350 acres have burned so far. It's not clear what started the blaze. The fire has burned part of the Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge, a nearly 5,000-acre refuge managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The forest provides habitat for native birds, endangered tree snails and threatened and endangered plants."

Quote: "Firefighters helped evacuate residents inside the Atlantic View Beach Condo located at 5047 N. A1A this evening after a fire broke out. St. Lucie County Fire Rescue says a fire started inside the garbage room of the building."

Quote: "One victim was removed from the building by firefighters and rushed to Yale-New Haven Hospital. The victim was later pronounced dead just before 5:30 a.m. The victim has been identified, but officials are withholding his name while they notify his family. Fire officials confirmed to News 8 that the victim was a 56-year-old man."

Quote: "A man hole cover was blown off by a fire on Galen Street near Morse Street on Saturday afternoon. A fire was reported in the manhole. The Watertown Fire Department was called and looked for possible extension of flames into the basements nearby homes but did not find any fire in the homes."

Quote: "Flames ripped through the South Shore Harbor Marina in League City early this morning. Authorities say the fire broke out on a yacht and spread to a smaller boat nearby. The fire started just after 2:30am."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. These are the 81st and 82nd boats or ships to burn in 2015. Underground explosions and fires appear to be escalating at about the same rate as boats going up in flames, which is logical since it's the same underlying cause...

Quote: "Holidaymakers on board the Boudicca were told to don life jackets and gather at emergency muster stations, according to the son of one passenger. The fire at 04:00 BST left the ship 'listing' and 'in pitch black', said Dave Tonkin, whose father is onboard."

Note: This is the fourth cruise ship fire in less than two months, and the second this month...

Quote: "We received several Facebook messages asking if we knew what the 'explosion' was. Some viewers said it shook their homes and from comments the noise, whatever it was, was heard from Richland, Brandon, Pearl, Florence, Jackson, and Star. A viewer, who called into our newsroom, said her sister heard the sound and she lives in the Crossgates area of Brandon. The caller said her sister told her the noise sounded as loud as five or six transformers blowing. Our news crew searched several locations in the city of Richland, but was unable to locate evidence of an explosion."

Note: It'll be way easier to locate the epicenter of all these mysterious explosions that are occurring...once they start leaving craters where towns used to be. See, there's a positive side to everything if you look hard enough!

Quote: "The yard, which contained 2-3 acres of semi-trucks, shipping containers, equipment and parts, suffered damage and the fire threatened to consume dozens more vehicles as well as disrupt traffic along the nearby Interstate 10 Freeway."

Note: A huge pallet fire burned a bunch of semi trailers in late November in Fontana too, mentioned in the 2015-11-27 update...

Quote: "The vehicles that gutted in inferno included 4 cars, 2 buses and 1 oil tanker. A heavy contingent of police also rushed to the scene to control law and order situation. According to detail Station House Officer (SHO) Pirwadhai Jahangir Bhatti, the fire broke out when the staff of Pakistan State Oil (PS) Pump was transferring petrol from oil tanker to underground tank through a metal pipe. He added that all of sudden a huge fire erupted while burning the oil tanker. The fire also gripped two buses and four other cars that were parked in the area of petrol pump reduring them into ashes..."

Note: Sounds like the work of the Ghostly Match. These are the 56th, 57th and 58th buses to burn in 2015 and the 133rd tractor/tanker/semi to burn in 2015...

Quote: "At 11:03 pm on Sunday, January 25, Attala Fire and Rescue responded to reports of a vehicle fire on Attala Road 4202. When responders arrived on scene, they found an 18 wheeler engulfed in flames. AFR got the fire under control, but the vehicle was a total loss. AFR gave the all clear at 11:59. The cause of the fire is unknown."

Quote: "The exact cause of the fire is under investigation, though fire officials have considered the combine a total loss. Nobody was in the barn when the fire started, according to Andersen. Furthermore, the owners of the equipment reported to fire officials that the combine had not been started since Thanksgiving."

Quote: "Sgt. Elizabeth Barney with DPS says a driver noticed smoke coming from his motorhome so he pulled over. The motorhome was pulling a vehicle, as seen in the photo sent to NewsChannel 9 by a viewer. Barney says the fire, near milemarker 311, shut down traffic for an hour and a half because it was not safe for other vehicles to be close to the blaze."

Quote: "Many of the boat owners live out of town and didn't know anything was wrong until they saw televised images of flames devouring their boats or got phone calls from friends."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. These are the 92nd through 105th boats or ships to burn in 2015. And here's another mysterious coastal explosion, another smoking plane and another pile of fried boats...

Quote: "Dallas Fire-Rescue is responding to a 2-alarm fire call at an apartment community near Graycliff Drive and Ferguson Road south of White Rock Lake. When firefighters arrived at the building flames were visibly burning on a balcony and through the building's roof. Firefighters were called to the community at about 2:26 p.m. after a 911 caller reported hearing an explosion, DFR said."

Quote: "A gas pipeline in Brooke County, West Virginia exploded into a ball of flames on Monday morning, marking the fourth major mishap at a U.S. pipeline this month. No one was hurt in the explosion, but residents told the local WTRF 7 news station that they could see a massive fireball shooting hundreds of feet into the air."

Quote: "Firefighters in Smith County are at the scene of a natural gas line fire Monday in a rural area west of Raleigh. Greg Flynn, a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, says all 5 workers were present when the explosion happened but no injuries have been reported. Sheriff Charlie Crumpton says the fire is under control and being watched."

Quote: "MDEQ has implemented emergency procedures to protect a nearby creek including constructing a berm, adding a silt fence, and boom in the water, according to a release by Communications Director Robbie Wilbur. Last week, a natural gas line exploded in Rankin County."

Quote: "Total monetary damages have not been established yet, she said, but it would take four months to rebuild the powerhouse and another two to get it fully operational again. Hagen estimated the losses at about $1 million."

Quote: "The driver’s presence of mind saved the passengers’ lives, the police said.According to the police, the fire broke out inside the engine at around 7 am, after the bus had left the K R Puram depot and was heading towards Hosakote."

Quote: "The fire broke out around 2:30 a.m. in a trucking business located next to Southern Ohio Sanitation on Old Ohio 32. Fire crews arrived to find the building fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters said five tractor-trailers in the building were lost, as well as the building itself."

Quote: "Nichols said a service truck and a semi truck with trailer were in the shop, and a race car was near the building. The service truck and tractor of the semi were destroyed in the fire. The race car was also damaged."

Quote: "Bomanite, a concrete business, closed just an hour before the fire started, according to firefighters. They say a truck inside the warehouse caught on fire, lighting another truck on fire. Fumes could be smelt from a mile away. Fortunately no one was inside."

Note: Blamed on arson, but in all these car fires, nobody has ever seen anyone, there is no motive, there is no surveillance footage and the police have produced zero evidence of arson. So, they've got an assumption, based on ignorance, and that's it. That's not good enough even in normal times and it's certainly not good enough now...

Quote: "The fire broke out about 3:30 a.m. in the 1100 block of Fasler Avenue, and created a dramatic scene for the small beachside city in between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay."

Quote: "In what officials worry could be a harbinger of another dangerous fire season, a predawn brush fire in a canyon southeast of Rockaway Beach forced the evacuation of some 80 homes in the gully and up along the southern rim."

Quote: "According to the restaurant website, Close Harbour Seafood is closed Mondays, so no one was there when flames broke out. No firefighters or civilians were hurt. The fire rekindled around 1 a.m. Tuesday and emergency officials are back at the scene. It's not clear what caused the fire to restart."

Quote: "Emergency crews responded to the scene of a structure fire at the River Rock Bar and Grill in Hinton early Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Dispatchers said that the call originally came in just after 1:00 a.m. They were unable to confirm the extent of the fire, but told us that no injuries were reported."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. Doesn't look like a good spot at all...

Quote: "A KC-135 Stratotanker from the Wisconsin Air National Guard 128th Air Refueling Wing was forced to return to Mitchell International Airport on Tuesday night after its crew detected smoke and fumes in the aircraft's cockpit, according to an official with the wing."

Quote: "According to police, the alert driver stopped the bus after he noticed fire in the engine and asked the passengers, numbering 38, to get down. Later, the fire engulfed entire bus. All the luggage of the passengers was gutted in the incident, police added."

Quote: "No one was injured when a tractor-trailer caught fire in Manheim Township at 1:30 a.m. David Mejia, 34, of Texas, was driving a car carrier west on Route 30 at Route 501 when he smelled smoke and pulled to the side of the road, township police Lt. Tom Rudzinski said. His trailer was on fire."

Quote: "Chopper 9 flew over the fire, where several vehicles could also be seen on fire. Channel 9 has learned that nobody was inside when the fire broke out."

Note: Car was parked right next to that house. Dangerous thing to do these days, even if you're home, but it's ridiculously foolhardy now to leave the home unmonitored with a car parked right next to it like that...

Quote: "An explosion was heard around 15 hours throughout the city of Le Havre and beyond. It would be about the rue Buffon."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. Another mysterious explosion shook buildings and scared people in coastal Marseille (France) less than three weeks prior too, mentioned in the 2015-01-08 update...

Quote: "The ferry was near the breakwater of Hareid when it abruptly turned and passengers were notifitied about a fire with loudspeakers. Smoke emerged from ventilation hatches. The crew extinguished the fire quickly."

Note: This is the 107th boat or ship to burn in 2015. And here's another mysterious city-shaking explosion on a coast, another underground fire, another smoking passenger plane, another ship burning...

Quote: "As investigators try to figure out what caused a gas leak to explode, flattening a home and killing its owner in the process, WIAT 42 has learned that the home that was destroyed was not hooked up to gas."

Quote: "Gilbert said while the Fire Marshal did visit the remains of the home Wednesday, he might never know what caused the gas explosion."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. If you look at the map and follow I-80 north to that little island, Treasure Island, that's where a police car burst into flame and exploded a couple of days prior, mentioned in the 2015-01-26 update...

Quote: "A car carrier tractor-trailer rig and four cars destined for a West Seneca dealership were totally destroyed and six other vehicles were damaged when the rig caught fire as it was heading into a truck stop on Pettit Road at about 6:49 a.m. Wednesday."

Quote: "Inside the city, emergency crews remain at the scene of three Red Hill-related incidents. The first happened just before 6 a.m. in the southbound lanes approaching the Stone Church Road exit. Fire officials say garbage and debris being transported in a tractor trailer bed caught fire."

Quote: "Officers were dispatched to that area around 5:20 a.m. Tuesday and saw members of the Pueblo Fire Department putting out a blaze on a pickup truck in a driveway, according to a police report. Police said the entire interior of the vehicle was destroyed and a car parked next to it suffered damage from the heat of the fire."

Quote: "The fire destroyed 11 public works salt spreaders with attached snow plows, three street sweepers, three repaving vehicles, a road maintenance truck and a fire engine that was awaiting repairs, township officials said."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area. All vehicles are now randomly-igniting firebombs that can go off at any time now, so it's increasingly dangerous and foolhardy to park vehicles near anything you don't want to see burning, like other vehicles, or homes, or businesses...

Quote: "Oklahoma City firefighters battled a large fire near the Hobby Lobby headquarters on Thursday morning. A huge plume of black smoke could be seen several miles away. The Oklahoma City Fire Department said tar paper and pallets caught fire and caused the large flames."

Quote: "We had to make an emergency landing in Ontario CA today after we smelled smoke and they discovered a small fire in the fuselage..."

Quote: "Passenger Mitchell Hashimoto tweeted that he saw smoke in the cabin of the Boeing 757."

Quote: "Passengers took to social media, saying smoke in the cabin forced the landing. A witness captured video of firefighters dousing the plane's engine shortly after it landed safely on the runway."

Quote: "An aeroplane was forced to make an emergency landing at Southampton Airport tonight after fears a fire had broken out onboard. Fire and police crews rushed to the airport in Eastleigh at 9.17pm after pilots reported spotting smoke in the cockpit. Crews mobilised to prepare for a major incident with fire engines and several police vehicles called to the scene."

Note: These are the 11th and 12th aircraft to smoke or burn in 2015...

Quote: "A fire broke out aboard the 'Fortune Ocean' which was moored at berth 7 in Pyeongtaek port on Jan 29, 2015, at 0900 a.m. LT. The ship had arrived at Pyeongtaek coming from Hong Kong on Jan 28 at 3 a.m. The fire started in a cargo hold, presumable loaded with coconut by-products. Firefighting teams extinguished fire within two hours, no injures, no spill reported."

Quote: "Multiple vehicles including a tractor, ATVs, a pontoon boat and farm implements were destroyed in the large garage. The outside storage building was completely destroyed. Firefighters were able to put out the fire in the workshop; however, the interior was gutted and all of the tools and equipment inside were heavily damaged."

Note: These are the 108th and 109th boats or ships to burn in 2015, and this is the 161st tractor/tanker/semi to burn in 2015...

Quote: "No one was injured when a semi caught fire about 4:50 a.m. Thursday on I-69 near O Drive South in Tekonsha Township. Calhoun County Sheriff Department deputies said a 47-year-old driver from Chicago was northbound when he noticed his truck was on fire."

Quote: "Two vehicles erupted in flames in Portsmouth early Thursday. They were parked at two different houses on Lasalle Avenue. Firefighters arrived around 1:45 a.m. to find a white van engulfed in flames and flames coming from an SUV two houses down. Crews got the fires out, but the van was destroyed; the SUV had a lot of interior damage."

Quote: "A couple of months back a motorcycle of an employee went up in flames in similar fashion. Then too, the reason behind the incident could not be ascertained."

Quote: "Interestingly the fire report was not even lodged with the Fire Department, which did not come up with satisfactory reply when quizzed in this regard."

Note: Maybe they don't want people knowing just how many vehicles are going up in flames nowadays, so they gotta keep at least some of them, if not most of them, 'off the books'. If it's not logged, did it really happen?

Quote: "The fire department confirmed a second-alarm at around 8 p.m. Friday on Ramsdell Road. The town's entire fleet of plows have been destroyed. Now, the concern is how the town will clear snow Monday."

Quote: "The state fire marshal's office said five dump trucks used as snow plows, one road grader and several other vehicles that were stored in the town garage were destroyed. The damage could exceed $1 million."

Quote: "Investigators said the fire apparently originated in the engine of one of the trucks and spread."

Note: Another municipal garage was just destroyed by a huge fire in Edison (New Jersey) the day prior too, which incinerated 11 heavy snow plow trucks, 3 street sweeper trucks, 3 repaving trucks, a road maintenance truck and a fire engine, mentioned in the 2015-01-29 update...

Quote: "Firefighters worked through the night to clear three commercial buildings in Norristown of carbon monoxide, which reached lethal levels in the properties after an underground fire caused a gas leak early Friday morning. Crews responded to CO alarms that were going off in an AutoZone store on East Main Street, near Swede Street, around 1 a.m., officials said."

Quote: "Fire Chief Kim Forbes said firefighters responded to Hutchinson Iron and Metal and spotted a 30-foot high, 30-foot wide and 15-foot high pile of scrap material with visible flames and smoke."

Note: Very similar to the huge pile of tire wire that just burned at a steel plant in Midlothian (Texas), mentioned in the 2015-01-29 update. From the full hypothesis: "Metal-related businesses will be hit hard, including salvage yards and metal recycling centers."

Quote: "There were some tense moments late Thursday night after a plane had to make an emergency landing after reporting a fire in the cockpit. We're told a fire started onboard the small plane, but the crew were able to put out the fire before the plane landed."

Quote: "Earlier, firefighters attended a boat on fire in the rear yard of a house in Reynolds Pde, Pascoe Vale South, about 7.50pm. The fire caused a significant amount of smoke, with early callers concerned that neighbouring properties were under threat."

Note: A bit premature to offer a reward for arsonists when they haven't even eliminated accidental causes for the fire, like hydrogen sulfide's reactivity with rusty iron/steel and electrified copper. Competent fire investigators eliminate accidental causes first...

Quote: "Neighbors called 911 after they heard an explosion in the garage. The homeowners say they heard the smoke detectors go off. They could see smoke coming from the garage so they went to see what was going on. When they opened the door, the rental car was on fire."

Quote: "The two-story wood framed house was in flames as firefighters arrived. No one was home when the fire broke out around 8 a.m. Firefighters also had to put out fires in several cars in the back yard."

Quote: "Two men were killed Friday afternoon when fire tore through the old Tiffany Mill site in East Brooklyn, ravaging apartments and forcing nearly a dozen residents from their homes."

Note: Mills are always found near bodies of flowing water, to provide free energy for millwork. This apartment building was formerly a mill and is located along the banks of the Quinebaug River. Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

Quote: "A seven-alarm fire engulfed a warehouse crammed with official documents near the waterfront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Saturday morning, sending plumes of brown, acrid smoke into the air that were visible as far away as New Jersey."

Quote: "A marine unit has also responded. The facility takes up nearly an entire city block."

Quote: "Local residents told the Daily Star newspaper that the factory recycled plastic and made packaging for food for the domestic market."

Note: Whew, the fires are getting big and devastating. Libraries and museums might wanna get their stuff - at least the most important stuff - digitized and/or off this planet before it's all destroyed...

Note: Getting pretty explodey there in Rawalpindi. Maybe they'll realize what's going on before the entire country is a charred ruin. Or maybe they won't. Time will tell. Two buses, a tanker truck and four cars were just destroyed by an inferno at a gas station in Rawalpindi, mentioned in the 2015-01-25 update. These are the 44th, 45th and 46th residential explosions in 2015...

Quote: "The 'Berezovneft' suffered a fire in the engine room during the night from Jan 29, 2015, to Jan 30, while approaching the oil terminal Pervaya Rechka, Vladivostok. The fire was extinguished by flooding the engine room."

Quote: "The fire broke out around noon Saturday at the Reitnouer Inc. building on 5 East Pointe Drive in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. The blaze began when tractor trailers outside the building caught fire."

Quote: "Arklow fire services attended a fire at Blackberry Glade in the town on Saturday evening. It is understood a van which was parked outside a house on the estate burst into flames. The cause of the fire is unknown and there were no reports of any injuries."

Quote: "A caller told police that there were 'tires on fire' which then spread to the building, the dispatcher said. It was believed to be a 4-alarm fire, the dispatcher said. The commercial building where the fire erupted is located directly below the Pulaski Skyway. The fire shut down the skyway for a short time, but has since reopened as of 4 p.m."

Quote: "Deputies received the call about noon Friday and several investigators were called to the scene off Wares Ferry Road, according to Capt. Jon Briggs with MCSO."

Note: Could be a cloud of gas blew through, ignited those trucks and ignited this man too, who then ran screaming into the night and made it a block or two before collapsing and dying near these railroad tracks...

Quote: "The Sheriff's Office says flames broke out around 1:15 Saturday morning, on Belmont Avenue in New Port Richey. That's in the area of Moon Lake Road. When crews arrived, they found the camper fully engulfed in flames. As they searched inside, they discovered the body of a middle aged man inside."

Note: An 11-year-old girl died in a burning RV trailer the day prior too, in Joppa (Maryland), mentioned in the 2015-01-30 update...